So none of this is a surprise. We knew that James would nominate Clay and Shelli. Now there are 3 possible scenarios:

1. Either Clay or Shelli wins POV tomorrow. Then which one wins must decide if they will use the POV to save themselves, sending their showmance partner home or will they magnanimously use it to save their partner, sacrificing themselves and staying on the block. With either of those choices one of them will very, very likely be going home.

2. But there is one variation on #1, not likely but possible, wherein James the HOH must nominate a replacement for whomever is saved in scenario #1, and the replacement is evicted rather than Clay or Shelli. This is known as a 'backdoor' and can be used effectively to evict an otherwise unsuspecting HG. However no backdoor plans have been discussed since Clay and Shelli were nominated so that seems unlikely.

3. Neither Clay or Shelli win POV and whomever does, doesn't use it keeping them both on the block. See scenario #1. A variation would be where the POV winner uses it to take Clay or Shelli off the block, requiring James to nominate a replacement. See Scenario # 2. This is very unlikely also.

The Head of Household competition overnight set things up for a lot of drama as the power has shifted and we’ve been promised a lot of excitement (well for us at least) and plenty of tension.

Big Brother 17 Week 6 Nominations:

James nominated: Clay & Shelli

Yes, the big power couple is on the Block despite their best efforts last week to push John and Becky as the biggest duo threat in the house. I know, it sounds funny even just writing that.

Flashback to 3:54 PM BBT 7/31 as Clay cradles Shelli in his arms. He’s furious with James calling him a “piece of s**t.” Shelli starts to blame Austin and says this is all his fault. Then she’s blaming Vanessa. Speak of the devil, Vanessa walks over. Vanessa is upset. Why? Shelli didn’t hug her after the Ceremony. No hug?? What a monster! Oh it’s on.

Shelli starts getting pissed off and raising her tone as Vanessa starts to sniffle tear but that changes to anger when Clay blames Vanessa’s decision to renom Jason. That pisses Vanessa off who feels Jason was a group decision. (Yes, Shelli was a big part of Austin not getting BD’d.)

Overnight James had considered going after Shelli via Backdoor with Liz/Austin going up then thought about Vanessa/Liz. Then early this morning he told Meg that it made no sense to use pawns anymore with the death of BotB (woohoo!) so he went “straight for the jugular.” These were his new best option nomination plans and he stuck to it.

Do you think Shelli is regretting going back on her support for the BD Austin? Now she and Clay will have one shot to save themselves or if they’re really lucky someone else might get the Veto and then take one down as well. But wait! Vanessa, Austin, and the twins are angry at Clay and Shelli which means they might not help either off the Block! The Feeds are on FIRE right now. You’ve gotta watch this.

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'Big Brother 17' Spoilers: Who Are the Week 6 Nominees?Friday, July 31, 2015

John KubicekSenior Writer, BuddyTV

Now that the Battle of the Block is over on Big Brother 17, there's only one HoH and two nominees. That dramatically changes the game and makes it a lot easier to make big moves right away instead of worrying that, if you put up your targets, they'll win the BoB and be safe.

SPOILER WARNING: This article contains Big Brother 17 spoilers.

James won the HoH competition.

He nominated Clay and Shelli.

That's right, he went for it and just put up the showmance right away. Shelli is the primary target for James, Jackie and Meg ever since Clelli lied to them about Jason getting backdoored. Even though Vanessa is the one who did it, Shelli is getting all of the blame as the ringleader who most likely spearheaded this decision.

The original plan was to put up two pawns (probably Liz and Vanessa) and then backdoor Shelli, but after sleeping on it, James decided not to mess around and just go straight at them. He's a no-nonsense kind of guy who is tired of playing the pawn game. The ironic part is that Shelli finished second in this week's HoH competition and James agreed to a deal with her that neither she nor Clay would go on the block. That's a straight-up Dan Gheesling move, making a deal on the wall and then breaking it.

Becky was initially a part of the James, Jackie and Meg group that plotted against Clay and Shelli, but she immediately ran downstairs and ratted them out to Clay. Later, Johnny Mac also proved his rat skills by telling Clay that he thought he and Shelli might go up on the block. This made Shelli quite angry and, now that they're on the block, who knows what will happen. It's entirely possible that Shelli will sell out the Sixth Sense and especially Vanessa just to stay.

All of this is great news for Austin and the twins, who get a free pass to jury after being the biggest targets last week. Perhaps saving Austin last week and betraying Jason and company wasn't such a good idea. When you draw the line in the sand, the danger is that the other side could win power and come after you.

Even worse, James basically told Austin beforehand about the plan, and Austin was completely OK with throwing Clelli under the bus to protect himself and the twins. James also hinted about it to Vanessa, and once she realized he was gung-ho on this, she essentially told him to stop talking because she didn't want to know too much about it. So she kind of sold them out too, or at least she didn't stick up for them at all.

After the feeds returned, Shelli was crying with Clay about how she doesn't want to be in the game without him, especially if one of them doesn't make it to the jury. Meanwhile, Meg was clearing the air with Liz and Austin about how she doesn't blame them for trying to get Jason backdoored because it made complete sense for their game to do that.

Vanessa makes it about herself as she's upset that Shelli didn't give her a hug after the ceremony. She's also angry because she hates that Clay and Shelli are denying their role in the decision to backdoor Jason. Vanessa is crying and getting mad, venting to everyone else (including Jackie and James) about how mad she is with Clelli.

The Have-Nots

James had to pick three Have-Nots and he chose Austin, Liz and Julia. The AusTwins (as the house calls them) also get to enjoy Lolli-Slops, which is a wide assortment of candy, in addition to Slop. These three now join Steve as the only HGs to be Have-Nots twice this season.

FUN FACTS

-This is Shelli's first nomination and Clay's second. Now Austin and Vanessa are the only HGs who've never been nominated. Besides Shelli, Liz and Julia are the only other HGs with just one nomination.

-James now has a total of four competition wins (2 HoHs and 2 BoBs), more than anyone else. Johnny Mac and Vanessa each have three wins. Julia is the only HG who hasn't won a single competition while Clay, Austin and Meg are the only HGs left with just one win.

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Big Brother rolled out its latest punishments following Saturday’s Power of Veto competition where a mix of prizes and penalties were delivered.Shelli, Jackie, and Vanessa in their costumes

A trip to Ireland for two? Nice. 2400 sword battles? Not so nice. $5,000 cash? Sweet. 24 hours of squire service to a knight in shining armor? Ehh.

The lucky ones were Clay with the trip to Europe, Becky with $5K, and James with the PoV wins. The unlucky players were Shelli won received 2400 sword battles in 24 hours, Vanessa as a squire for 24 hours, and Jackie with a knight costume for one week.

Jackie just has to wear a costume around for the next week and can go swimming but has to wear a the helmet when she does it. This is likely due to HGs escaping their costume responsibilities by going swimming.

Vanessa has to stay right next to Knight Jackie and be constantly buffing/shining her plastic armor. As for sleeping Vanessa has to lay on the floor next to Jackie’s bed. This only lasts one day though.

Shelli’s is obviously the hardest one involving a triangle pattern in the backyard with a station at each point. She has to hit a punching bag in to a target, poke another target, and then knock a bar off its seating. Every 100 rounds Shelli has to go inside and ring a bell while shouting “the castle is safe!”

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